The Federal Government says it may consider the plea by some states for the extension of the registration time for the payroll support system to enable some states meet their quota. This is as the government plans to pay over 400,000 staff of already shortlisted businesses by the end ofContinue Reading
The Federal Government has directed civil servants who have not been going to work since March when the lockdown declared to curtail the spread of COVID-19 started to return to work from Monday. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha; and the National Coordinator, Sanni Aliyu,Continue Reading
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the request of the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, to reschedule the commencement date of the Special Public Works Programme from October 1 to November 1, 2020. The programme is engaging 1000 persons from each of the 774 Local GovernmentContinue Reading
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and a former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, are currently meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Okonjo-Iweala is in the race to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. She was led to the meeting with the President by the Minister ofContinue Reading
Tax consultancy firm, Alpha Beta LLP, has denied allegations levelled against it by its former Managing Director, Dapo Apara, adding that he in fact diverted N6bn from the company. Apara had in a writ of summons before a Lagos State High Court accused the company of being controlled by aContinue Reading
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Abubakar Adamu, has banned the personnel of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS). The police force in a statement signed by PPRO, Frank Mba demanded that all stop and search duties and patrols by SARS be terminated with immediate effect. This is following the nationwideContinue Reading
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has blamed former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, for being partly responsible for the weak infrastructural base in Nigeria. Fashola, speaking on Channels Television, claimed Obasanjo should have invested in capital projects across the country, instead of paying off external debts. According to the Minister,Continue Reading
President Donald Trump said Thursday night that Hope Hicks, one of his closest aides, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and that he’s recently been tested and is awaiting a result. “She did test positive. I just heard about this,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News, about two hoursContinue Reading
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye, said the agency has discovered N2.67 billion meant for the school feeding programme in private accounts. The agency, he added, also found over N2.5 billion diverted by a deceased worker with the ministry of agriculture, noting that 18 buildings,Continue Reading
Donald Trump paid no federal income tax in 10 of the past 15 years and only $750 in the year he was elected following a presidential campaign in which he repeatedly boasted of his success as a billionaire businessman, according to filings. The president only paid a further $750 inContinue Reading
